IC 2491
| Galaxy IC 2491 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 35 m 14.2 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 43 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027396 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 8213 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(366 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (112.1 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2491 • UGC 5104 • PGC 27254 • CGCG 181-062 • MCG + 06-21-053 • 2MASX J09351419 + 3443536 • NSA 65008 • LDCE 0654 NED005 | |
IC 2491 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 366 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2496 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 14, 1903 .